Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Alternative combinations: Bunodontherium majusculum, Diadiaphorus mayusculus
Synonyms: Bunodontherium patagonicum Mercerat 1891, Oreomeryx rutimeyeri Mercerat 1891
Belongs to Diadiaphorus according to F. Ameghino 1894
See also Ameghino 1891 and Lydekker 1894
Sister taxa: Proterotherium acer, Proterotherium americanum, Proterotherium australe, Proterotherium brachygnathum, Proterotherium browni, Proterotherium cavum, Proterotherium cervioides, Proterotherium cingulatum, Proterotherium curtidens, Proterotherium dichotomum, Proterotherium divortium, Proterotherium dogei, Proterotherium intermedium, Proterotherium karaikense, Proterotherium mixtum, Proterotherium nitens, Proterotherium perpolitum, Proterotherium politum, Proterotherium principale, Proterotherium pyramidatum, Proterotherium simplicidens, Tichodon quadrilobus, Diadiaphorus velox, Diadiaphorus eversus, Diadiaphorus coelops, Diadiaphorus minusculus, Diadiaphorus sanctaecrucis, Diadiaphorus diplinthius, Diadiaphorus caniadensis, Diadiaphorus robustus, Epitherium laternarium, Heptaconus acer
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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